I can't believe this will be our last week of rehearsals before we are at the Junior High. We have gotten so much done in the last week or so, and I am so excited to see things come together. Remember we will be having practices on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday of this week. I will need all cast members at all practices this week. Here is the plan for this week.
Monday, March 27th
We will be learning the closing number Welcome Home as well as curtain call. All members of the cast are involved in both of these numbers.
Wednesday, March 29th
This will be a "tech" rehearsal. We will be doing a slow run through of the entire show. This will be sloooooow so have your child bring something to read/homework. We will be focusing on working with the crew throughout this rehearsal. We will have many if not all of our sets and props for this rehearsal, so we need to make sure the crew knows their responsibility in getting everything where it needs to go during the show.
Thursday, March 30th
We will be running through the show once, possibly twice during this rehearsal. This one should go much quicker than the "tech" rehearsal on Wednesday. This rehearsal will involve the whole cast and most of the props and sets. It will involve some costumes (we need to practice some of the quicker costume changes with Ensemble 1), but it is NOT a dress rehearsal.
I also have a bunch of last minute notes for you this week. I know this is rather long, but please read all the way through.
For performances:
1. My insects will need some kind of black pants/shirts for the first part of the show (when they are puppeteers). If they don't have these items, please let me know.
2. My choir will need to wear blue jeans and a t shirt (it doesn't matter what the shirt looks like). We will have shirts for them to change into at the school, so if they wear their musical t shirt, please have it marked with their name so that when they change we will know whose shirt is whose.
3. Remember all cast members will need to wear a camisole and some sort of bike shorts or spankies to the junior high (under their regular clothes) so they can change comfortably in the dressing rooms.
4. I still need a few lawn/lounge chairs if any of you have any at home that we can use for the show. If you are willing to let us borrow your chairs, will you please put your name on the bottom of the chair and bring it to the school by this Wednesday.
5. We will be having work days at Hidden Hollow during Spring Break to finish up some last minute sets/props/costume things. I realize that many of you go out of town during Spring Break so these are not mandatory work days. As of now, we are planning on being at the school only a couple of days. (I'm not sure yet which ones), but we may need to add a couple depending on how much we get done. I will be sending texts out the night before to say if we will be at the school the next day or not. We will for sure be bringing all of our things over to Frontier Middle School on Friday of Spring Break, so if you have a van/truck/trailer or any vehicle we can put stuff in, please sign up on the sign up genius to help with that. If you don't want to haul stuff over, but you can help at the Junior High with unloading and set up, we could use help with that too.
Lastly, because we don't have school next week, I thought I would give you a calendar for our Performance week.
Monday, April 10th- Tech Rehearsal 4:00-7:00ish
This will be a tech rehearsal where we spend time with the Junior high lights and sound guys. We will not need all of you at this rehearsal. For this rehearsal, I just need the leads and the stage crew (James, Insects, Spiker, Sponge and Ladahlord). The only crew members I do not need at this rehearsal are the ones doing only hair and makeup.
Tuesday, April 11th & Wednesday, April 12th Dress Rehearsal 4:00-8:00
I know this seems like a long day, but we will need every bit of this time. We will start arriving at the school at 4:00 where we have rotations for the kids to work on the stage, get hair done, get make up done, check mics, etc. We will do these rotations from 4:00-6:00. At 6:00 we will begin our dress rehearsal. On dress rehearsal nights we like to get ready and be ready to start just like on show nights. The run through will go from 6:00-7:15ish. Then we will need to put costumes, sets, and props back and get them ready for the next day. We will also go through some directors notes with the kids. Plan on picking the kids up by 8:00. The choir kids will need to show up on dress rehearsal and performance nights at 5:30. I will need all crew members these nights.
Wednesday, April 12th- During the regular school day
We will be having a school assembly on Wednesday morning at Hidden Hollow. Our assembly will be at 9:30 so I need all students to arrive at school at A track time whether they are A or B trackers. During that track time, we will get costumes and make up on as well as practice the numbers we will be performing for the school during the assembly. If your child is a B tracker, they will need to come at A track time, but they will have to stay through B track time unless you come and check them out early. This is the easiest way for teachers to keep track.
Thursday, April 13th and Friday April 14th 4:00-8:00
These nights will be show nights. They will work similarly to dress rehearsal nights, the only difference will be that we will have an audience. I have it calendared to go until 8:00 on these evenings, but you are free to take your children home after the show is over and their costumes and props are all put in place for the next day.
Saturday, April 15th 12:00-8:00
This is a long but fun day. The kids will come at 12:30 (choir doesn't need to show up until 2:00). We will get ready for the matinee show to start at 2:30. After the matinee show, we will have our cast party. We are working with Chick-Fil-A and they will be donating late lunch/early dinner for us that afternoon. Please keep in mind that this cast party will be at about 3:30-4:00 so please send snacks for them to have before that time. After the cast party, we will need to start getting ready for our final showing. This show will begin at 6:00 and again, you are free to take your kids home after the show. In saying all of that, I will need help after that final show with packing things up and getting them back to Hidden Hollow that night. Please check out the sign up genius and sign up for any and all help you can give.
I know this is A LOT of information, but thanks for reading all the way to the end. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to email me.
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